CHAPTER 0157

GIDEON'S POV

"Please, you can’t go through with this. Don’t you believe in God? Would God want you to do a thing like this?" Mr. Mercer stammered, his voice trembling.

I didn’t answer immediately. I stared at him—tied to the chair, sweating, helpless—and then slowly turned my gaze back to the glowing blade in my hand.

“Now you remember God?” I asked, my voice low and cold, laced with disgust. “Did